In the Great Global Game under the Magellan Voyage Project, Adam competes against others — trying to make it around the world in 40 days — for a $4 million prize. And given blowguns and a nefarious baron, his task isn’t easy. Launch date: January 2008.

This 40-page hardcover delves into the Battle of Long Island during the Revolutionary War, as told by teacher Benjamin Tallmadge and other sources. It is written by Selena Castrovilla and illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. The book was named to the 2008 IRA Children's and Young Adults' Book Award Notable Book List. Launch date: April 2007.

Written and illustrated by Aaron Blabey, this book explores the friendship of Pearl and Charlie, who are so different in just about every single way that it's surprising they are such good buddies. Launch date: September 1, 2008.

What's a girl to do when she realizes her house is full of monsters? Well, she befriends them. This humorous and slightly spooky story by James Otis Thach will delight any child who has ever suspected that monsters are roaming around the house. Launch date: August 2007.

Emma's turtle lives in a backyard pen and enjoys snacks that Emma feeds him. He also loves to listen to Emma as she tells him about faraway places, so one day, he decides to stop dreaming about those places and see the world beyond his pen. Eve Bunting's adorable story of an adventurous turtle is delightfully illustrated by Marsha Winborn. Launch date: September 2007.

The newest book by well known Dutch children´s book creators, Ingrid & Dieter Schubert, this is the story of a mouse who professes his love to his girlfriend while sitting on a tree branch. "My love," he tells her "has no barriers. Nothing can keep me away from you..." and so on. Suddenly the branch they are sitting on breaks and they fall onto the ground right in front of a big, scary cat. The mouse dashes off "like the wind" squeaking hastily over his shoulder "I will distract him." His girlfriend hides away in a hole and thinks to herself "What a brave mouse!"